We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals for their gifts and pledge payments which directly benefit designated AOA programs. With such a select membership, each individual’s contributions to the specialty and to the AOA make a significant difference and impact upon the AOA’s ability to expand and enhance programming that benefits the orthopaedic community.
Thank You to Our Donors, January 1 - December 31, 2025
Ambassadors ($50,000-$99,999)
OMeGA Medical Grants Association
Leaders ($20,000-$49,999)
Dr. Mike & Barbara Simon
Dr. Ann E. Van Heest & Greg Van Heest
Partners ($10,000-$19,999)
April D. Armstrong, MD, FRCSC, FAOA & Mark Hubbard
Rex C. Haydon, MD, PhD, FAOA & Maria Lozada, PhD
The William Hennrikus Family
Dr. Kevin & Mary Kirk
Dr. Douglas W. & Peggy Lundy
Dr. David F. & Mrs. Sue A. Martin
Mayo Clinic Rochester Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Gregory A. & Madelyn A. Mencio
Dr. Vasilios (Bill) & Emily Moutzouros
Vincent D. Pellegrini, Jr., MD, FAOA & Nancy B. Pellegrini
George T. Rab, MD
Craig Silverton, MD
University of Minnesota Dept of Orthopaedics
Dr. Michael & Erika Stauff
Dr. Marc & Beth Swiontkowski
Jonathan Watling
Sustainers ($5,000-$9,999)
Annunziato Amendola, MD, FAOA
Iqbal A. Anwar, MD
Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute
Dr. Louis U. Bigliani & Dr. Anne B. Krementz
Dr. Kevin P. Black & Maria Hamilton
Dr. Jonathan & Stephanie Braman
Susan V. Bukata, MD & Louis Maslow
Dr. John and Bianca Casey
Patrick M. Connor, MD, FAOA
Denny and Jeanene Dickenson
Xavier A. Duralde, MD, FAOA
James A. Goulet, MD, FAOA
Jacob A. Haynes, MD
Henry Ford Health Department of Orthopedics
James A. Hill, MD, FAOA
Drs. James Benjamin & Jill Jackson
Kyle J. Jeray, MD, FAOA
Dr. Stephen & Amy Kates
Dr. Lawrence and Mrs. Elizabeth Lenke
Dr. William Levine & Jill Konviser-Levine
Drs. Anna N. Miller & Gregory Lee
Dr. Mark & Ruth Morrey
Gregory Nowinski, MD
Drs. Joshua & Rhonda Patt
Dr. Bruce & Rebecca Rougraff
Drs. Walter & Julie Samora
Dr. Wayne & Michele Sebastianelli
James and Angela Sehr
J. Milo Sewards, MD, FAOA
Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Stern
Dr. Eric & Stacey Strauss
University of Florida
Patrons ($1,000-$4,999)
Samuel Adams, MD
Amiethab A. Aiyer, MD, FAOA
Jay C. Albright, MD, FAOA
Alexander W. Aleem, MD, FAOA
Christian Anderson
Michael T. Archdeacon, MD, FAOA
Robert A. Arciero, MD, FAOA
Nomaan Ashraf, MD
Hyun Bae, MD, FAOA
Tessa Balach, MD, FAOA
Drs. Claire Beimesch & Shaun Spielman
Matthew Berchuck
Amy Black
Ljiljana Bogunovic, MD
Deborah Bohn, MD, FAOA & Mark Simenstad
Phillip and Amanda Bostian
Joel Boyd, MD, FAOA
Dory Boyer, MD, FRCS(C)
Martin I. Boyer, MD, FAOA
Dr. Kevin & Christi Bozic
Aaron Brandt, MD
Tim Bray
David Bumpass, MD
Tim Burd, MD
Dr. Jim & Jenny Carpenter
George F. Chimento, MD, FACS, FAOA
Anna R. Cooper, MD, MPH, FAOA
Frank A. Cordasco, MD
Charles Cox, MD, MPH, FAOA
Charles S. Day, MD, FAOA
Matthew J. Dietz, MD, FAOA
Paul Dougherty, MD, FAOA
Sara L. Edwards, MD
John Elfar, MD, FACS, FAOA
C. McCollister Evarts, MD, FAOA
Frederick C. Ewald, MD, FAOA
Diana Farmer
Drs. James & Roberta Ficke
Brett A. Freedman, MD, FAOA
Dr. Steven L. & Lisa K. Frick
Sumeet and Molly Garg
Dr. Alexander & Patrice Ghanayem
Parker Gibbs, MD, FAOA
Eric Giza, MD, FAOA
Dr. Charles A. Goldfarb & Talia B. Goldfarb
Richard E. Grant, MD, FAOA
Walter B. Greene, MD
Stephen M. Gryzlo, MD, FAOA
John C. Hagedorn, II, MD, FAOA
William Hakeos, MD
Peter Hanson
Mitchel B. Harris, MD, FAOA
Ryan K. Harrison, MD, FAOA
Christopher Chambliss Harrod, MD
Brandi Hartley, MD, FAOA
Christopher B. Hayes, MD
Richard J. Haynes, MD, FAOA
John G. Heller, MD, FAOA
Christine Ann Ho, MD, FAOA
Dr. Joseph & Beth Hoegler
Peter Hoepfner, MD
Scott A. Hoffinger, MD, FAOA
Steven S. Hughes
John Minoru Itamura, MD, FAOA
Dr. Michelle James & Mr. David Artale
Paul Johnson, MD
Alvin Jones, MD
James D. Kang, MD, FAOA
F. Thomas D. Kaplan, MD, FAOA
Alan Kawaguchi, MD
C. Michael Kelly
Dr. Keith & Patty Kenter
Safdar N. Khan, MD, FAOA
H. Mike Kim, MD
Monica Kogan, MD, FAOA
Joseph Kowalski, MD
John E. Kuhn, MD, FAOA
Jennifer Laine, MD, FAOA
Timothy Larson
Jackson Lee
Ross K. Leighton, MD, FAOA
Bingyun Li
Ronald Wayne Lindsey, MD, FAOA
John P. Lubicky, MD, FAOA
Lurie Children’s Division of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine
Richard Ma, MD, FAOA
Naji Madi
David Manske
Randall E. Marcus, MD, FAOA
Richard A. Marder, MD, FAOA
Dr. J. Lawrence & Linda Marsh
Amanda Marshall Rodriguez, MD
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Toni M McLaurin, MD, FAOA
Heidi Michelsen-Jost, MD, FAOA
Richard Mills
Hassan R. Mir, MD, MBA, FACS, FAOA
H. David Moehring, MD, FAOA
Michael D. Montague, MD
Dr. Bernard & Carla Morrey
Anand Murthi, MD
Stephen Nagy
Tyler Nathe
Peter O. Newton, MD, FAOA
Wayne (Trevor) North, MD, FAOA
Gordon W. Nuber, MD, FAOA
William T. Obremskey, MD, FAOA
Dr. Regis J. & Carol O’Keefe
Fabio Orozco, MD
Andrew Parsins
Ronak M. Patel, MD
Alpesh A. Patel, MD, MBA, FACS, FAOA
Dr. Terry & Jane Peabody
Ming Pei, MD, PhD
Laura S. Phieffer, MD, FAOA
Kevin D. Plancher, MD, FACS, MPH, FAOA
Prisma Health/University of South Carolina SOM Greenville (Greenville)-Upstate
Matthew T. Provencher, MD, FAOA
Derek Purcell
Kamshad Raiszadeh
Nasim A. Rana, MD, FAOA
Samuel R. Rosenfeld, MD, FAOA
J.R. Rudzki
Peter B. Salamon, MD, FAOA
David Samani
Matthew C. Sardelli, MD, FAOA
John Francis Sarwark, MD, FAOA
Brian P. Scannell, MD, FAOA
Mark T. Scarborough, MD, FAOA
George Sisson, MD
Dan M. Spengler, MD, FAOA
Shafic Sraj
Jeff B. Stambough, MD
William I. Sterett
Dr. Robert & Charlee Sterling
Jason Strelzow, MD, FAOA
David and Sarah Tager
Lisa A. Taitsman, MD, FAOA
Vish Talwalkar
John S. Taras, MD
James R. Urbaniak, MD, FAOA
Thomas P. Vail, MD, FAOA
Kent Vincent
Anand Vora, MD
J. Tracy Watson, MD, FAOA
Robb Weir, MD, FAOA
Klane K. White, MD, FAOA
J. Michael Wiater, MD, FAOA
Gerald R. Williams, Jr., MD, FAOA
Dr. Rick & Lana Wright
Edward Younger
Friends (up to $999)
Timothy S. Ackerman, DO, FAOA
William C. Andrews, Jr., MD, FAOA
Aravind Athiviraham, MD, FAOA
Michael C. Aynardi, MD, FAOA
David M. Banks, MD
John-Erik Bell, MD, FAOA
Jaime L. Bellamy, DO, FAOA
Karen Bovid, MD, FAOA
Michelle Bramer, MD, FAOA
Robert H. Brophy, MD, FAOA
Jodene M. Brown
Jennifer Bruggers, MD, FACS, FAOA
Laura Marie Bruse, MD, FAOA
Andrea Bynoe
Frank P. Cammisa, Jr., MD, FAOA
Lisa K. Cannada, MD, FAOA
Antonia F. Chen, MD, FAOA
Felix H. Cheung, MD, FAOA
Robert G. Chuinard, MD, FAOA
David V. Craft, MD
Brian Cunningham, MD, FAOA
Frances Cuomo, MD, FAOA
Angelo Rashard Dacus, MD, FAOA
Scott D. Daffner, MD, FAOA
Joseph C. DeFiore, Jr., MD, FAOA
Bijan Dehghani
Matthew R. DiCaprio, MD, FAOA
leon DICKERSON
John A. DiPreta, MD, FAOA
William F. Donaldson, III, MD, FAOA
Christopher J. Dy, MD, MPH, FACS, FAOA
Josef K. Eichinger, MD, FAOA
William C. Eward, MD, FAOA
Daniel C. Farber, MD, FAOA
Catherine J. Fedorka, MD, FAOA
Gary B. Fetzer, MD, FAOA
Felicity E. Fisk, MD
Robert D. Fitch, MD, FAOA
Frederick C. Flandry, MD, FACS, FAOA
James E. Fleischli, MD
John C.P. Floyd, MD, FAOA
Waldo E. Floyd, III, MD, FAOA
Duretti Fufa, MD, FAOA
Joshua L. Gary, MD, FAOA
Ariel Tenny Goldman, MD, FAOA
Gregory Golladay
Gregory J. Golladay, MD, FAOA
Kanu Goyal, MD, FAOA
Letha (Etty) Y. Griffin, MD, PhD, FAOA
Kenneth Robert Gundle, MD, FAOA
Ranjan Gupta, MD, FAOA
Robyn Hakanson, MD
Melvyn A. Harrington, Jr., MD, FAOA
Alicia Harrison, MD, FAOA
Gavin Hart, MD
Safet Hatic, DO, FAOAO, FAOA
Dr. Justin Hodgins
MaCalus V. Hogan, MD, MBA, FAOA
Casey Jo Humbyrd, MD, FAOA
William Huntington, MD
Jeffrey B. Husband, MD, FAOA
Kelly K. Hynes, MD, FAOA
Charles M. Jobin, MD, FAOA
Alan L. Jones, MD, FAOA
Nathan B. Kaplan, MD
Kathryn Kasicky
Derek M. Kelly, MD, FAOA
Stephen Alan Kennedy, MD, FRCSC, FAOA
Todd S. Kim, MD, FAOA
David M. King, MD, FAOA
Brandon W. King, MD
Eric O. Klineberg, MD, FAOA
Eitan Kohan
Sherri Kosen
Marshall Kuremsky, MD
William D. Lack, MD, FAOA
Amy L. Ladd, MD, FAOA
Dawn LaPorte, MD, FAOA
David Laverty, MD
Bryan K. Lawson, MD, FAOA
Kent Leach
Lance LeClere, MD, FAOA
Lee R. Leddy, MD, FAOA
Mark A. Lee, MD, FACS, FAOA
Xinning Li, MD, FAOA
Joseph R. Lynch, MD, FAOA
Nicholas H. Maassen, MD, FAOA
Rex Marco, MD, FAOA
Patrick T. McCulloch
Lucas S. McDonald, MD, MPH, FAOA
Susan M. McDowell, MD, FAOA
Kelly McFarlane, MD
John Patrick McLaughlin, DO, FAOA
Addisu Mesfin, MD, FAOA
Nathan W. Mesko, MD, FAOA
Sam Moghtaderi, MD, FAOA
Blake Montgomery, MD
Robert Morgan, MD
Patrick Morgan, MD, FAOA
Ryan D. Muchow, MD, FAOA
Mary K. Mulcahey, MD, FAAOS, FAOA
Brian Mullis, MD, FAOA
James E. Murphy, MD, FAOA
Sumon Nandi, MD, MBA, FAOA
George P. Nanos, III, MD, FAOA
Brian J. Neuman, MD, FAOA
Nicolas O. Noiseux, MD, FAOA
Gabriella E. Ode, MD, FAOA
Maureen A. O’Shaughnessy, MD, FAOA
Michael “Jason” Palmer, MD, FAOA
Frank C. Palumbo
Crystal Perkins, MD
Shian L. Peterson, MD
William A. Phillips, MD, FAOA
Rick Placide, MD, FAOA
Brent Ponce, MD, FAOA
Selina Poon, MD, FAOA
Afshin E. Razi, MD, FAOA
sheila rouse
Augustine Saiz, MD
M. Catherine Sargent, MD, FAOA
Matthew R. Schmitz, MD, FAOA
Nicole Schroeder, MD, FAOA
John Paul Schroeppel, MD, FAOA
John Alan Scolaro, MD, FAOA
Cara Sedney
Milan K. Sen, MD, FAOA
Paul S. Sherbondy
Paul Charles Siffri, MD
Kern Singh, MD, FAOA
Adrienne Socci, MD, FAOA
Gillian Soles, MD, FAOA
Paul D. Sponseller, MD, FAOA
Chris Stephens, MD
Edwin Su, MD, FAOA
Owen Tabor, Jr., MD
Chadi Tannoury, MD, FAOA
Joseph J. Thoder, MD, FAOA
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals
Vidyadhar Upasani, MD, FAOA
Gary Updegrove, MD, FAOA
Thomas F. Varecka, MD, FAOA
Gregory A. Vrabec, MD, FRCS, FAOA
Abner M. Ward, MD, MBA, FAOA
Brian R. Waterman, MD, FAOA
Brian Webb, MD, FAOA
Bruce Wheeler, MD
Ryan E. Will, MD, FAOA
Laura Withrow
Andrew Wroblewski, MD
Burt Yaszay, MD, FAOA
Richard S. Yoon, MD, FAOA